Pill-tile.



N0. 797,644. PATENTED AUG. 22, 19051 W. E. TRAHERN.

PILL TILE.

APPLIGATION FILED APILBO, 1904.

Inventor,

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PILL-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,793.

To all wit/mt /l'/; nut concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER ELMO TRAHERN, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-Iopkinsville, in the county of Christian and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Pill-Tile, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to pill tiles or slabs upon which pills,ointments, and the like are mixed or triturated, and has for its objectto provide an improved device of this character which is especiallydesigned to be mounted beneath a counter or other support, so as to beout of the way when not in use and capable of being drawn out in frontof the counter into an operative position.

With this and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the pill tile or slab of thepresent invention supported upon a counter and disposed in position foruse. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view thereof.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

The'body 1 of the present device is preferably in the form of a woodenblock of suitable size having longitudinal ribs or tongues 2 upon itsopposite longitudinal edges. In the top of the block is formed a socketor recess 3, within which is a card 4, bearing on its upper face atransverse scale 5 for convenience in cutting a roll of material intolengths for forming pills of predetermined sizes. In addition to thescale this card may also bear other data-such, for instance, as theinscription Read prescriptions carefully before compounding and tablesof Poisons and their antidotes, Chemical incompatibles, Pharmaceuticalincom patibles, and Physiological incompatibles and other usefulinformation. Over the top of this card is a glass plate 6, which istransparent, so as to expose the scale and other data upon the card, andis rigidly held within the socket by plaster-of-paris, wax, or othersuitable substance which is unaffected by water in order that the slabor tile may be washed without affecting the securing means for theglass.

It will be noted by reference to Figs. 2 and 3 that the plate 6 projectsabove the body, and this is essential in order to prevent particles ofthe wood of which the body is constructed from being scraped loose bythe pallet-knife, and thus mixed with the substance upon the slab, whichwould inevitably result if the slab were flush with the upper face ofthe body.

The slab or tile constructed as described is mounted beneath a suitablesupport-such, for instance, as a counter 7and is slidably carried bymeans of two guideways formed by wooden rails 8, which are secured tothe under side of the counter by suitablefastenings and are providedwithin their inner edges with open-ended grooves 9 to slidably receivethe tongues or ribs 2 of the slab or tile, whereby the latter may beslid back and forth to house the slab beneath the counter and to draw itout in front thereof, so as to expose the glass plate for use in rollingpills and mixing ointments. The under side of the slab near its outerend is provided with one or more sockets 10 for the reception of thefingers, thereby to constitute a handle for convenience in sliding theslab back and forth upon its support.

It will here be noted that the socket for the glass plate is locatedadjacent the front end of the slab in order that a considerable portionof the rear end of the slab may remain beneath the counter when theslide has been pulled out sufficiently to expose the entire glass plateand the card beneath the same in order that such portions may engage theunder side of the counter and support the device when any material isbeingmixed or triturated thereon.

The present device has a very important advantage over the ordinary typeof pill-slabs in that it is supported in a stationary position when inuse, while the ordinary form of slab rests loosely upon the counter andis worked about thereon under the mixing action which is being performedupon the upper face thereof, much to the annoyance of the operator.Moreover, when not in use, the present device may be conveniently slidbeneath the counter, so as to be out of the way and at the same timehoused and protected against accidental breaking of the glass plate,while at the same time it is in position to be convenl ceutical data,and a transparent glass plate iently drawn out for use Whenever desired,and rigidly held Within the recess and covering so long as it remains inthe guideways it canthe card and projecting above the body, subnot bemisplaced. stantially as and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the construction and In testimony that I claim theforegoing as operation of my invention, What I claim as my own Ihavehereto affixed my signaturein new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, 1 the presence of two Witnesses.

1s l WALTER ELMO TRAHERN.

A pill slab or tile comprising a body havitnesses: ing a recess in itsupper face, a card fitted in R. WV. WARE,

KATIE M ODANIEL.

the back of the recess and bearing pharma-

